Yahoo! Inc. establishes new research lab in Haifa, Israel. Dr. Ronny Lempel joins Yahoo! to lead research efforts in Haifa. New lab to solve complex problems at the core of Web search and strengthen global strategy to establish Yahoo! Search as an indispensable starting point for users on the Web.

Yahoo! Inc. announced that it has launched a new research lab in Haifa, Israel - it's first in the region.  The Yahoo! Research Israel Lab will be led by Dr. Ronny Lempel, a renowned information organization and retrieval expert who will report directly to Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates, vice president of Yahoo! Research. The Yahoo! Research Israel Lab shall focus on boiling down complex technology problems into simple solutions to change the game in Web search.  As a demonstration of its commitment to next-generation search, Yahoo! recently opened Yahoo! Labs - Bangalore and appointed eminent scientist Dr. Rajeev Rastogi to head the new India lab.  Yahoo!'s arrival in Israel furthers the company's commitment to discovering new technologies that deliver compelling experiences on the Web.Lempel previously worked at the Information Retrieval Group at IBM's Haifa Research Lab, focusing on research and development for enterprise search systems. Prior to joining IBM, he received his BSc., MSc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He has authored numerous papers and received several awards for his work on search engine technology, and has twice won the Best Presentation Award at the International World Wide Web Conference.

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